Securing handles of cutlery



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

R. H. FISHER, OF BEVERLY, NEW JERSEY.

SECURING HANDLES OF CUTLERY.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 27,790, dated April 10, 1860.

To all 'whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, R. H. FISHER, of Beverly, in the county ofBurlington and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and ImprovedMode of Securing Handles to Cutlery and to other Implements or Tools;and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings,making a part of this specication, in which- Figures l and 2, arelongitudinal central sections of a table-fork handle showing myinvention, the two planes of sections crossing each other at rightangles. Fig. 3, is a longitudinal section of a table-knife handle, alsoshowing my invention. Fig. fl, a transverse section of the fork-handletaken in the line Fig. l.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in thesevereal figures.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct myinvention I will proceed to describe it.

A Figs. l and 2 represents a table fork, B its tang and C the handlewhich may be of wood, horn, ivory or of any of the materials used forthe purpose. The tang B is made of fiat form that is to say, broader inone direction than the other the whole or a portion of its length, andof the usual length and it may be slightly taper. The outer end of thetang B is provided with a barb a the form of which is shown clearly inFig. I.

The tang B is fitted longitudinally in a hole ZJ made in the handle Cthe bolster c fitting against the end of the handle as usual andtransversely through the handle C, ya hole Z is made, said holeintersecting the lower part of the hole b as shown clearly in Fig. l.

To secure the handle C, to the tang B,

the latter are placed in the holes b, the bol- .while the metal in thetransverse hole (l prevents the mass of metal in the handle fromturning, and also from being withdrawn therefrom, the handles thereforeare firmly secured to the trap.

I do not confine myself to the barb a at the outer-end of the tang B forequivalents may be used for the purpose, a hole for instance may bedrilled through the tang for the melted metal to pass through, althoughthe barb would perhaps be preferable. The knife shown in Fig. 8 it willbe seen has its handle attached to it in precisely the same way as thatof the fork.

I do not claim broadly the providing of the tang with projectionswhereby to secure the tang within the handle but:

Having thus described my invention what I claim, as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

The within described method of attaching handles to cutlery and otherimplements. to wit: having a flat tang B, with a' barb ci, fitted withina hole b, the mouth of which is sealed by the bolster c, and thenintroducing melted metal within the handle, through the hole d, so as tosurround and hold the tang, all as set forth.

R. H. FISHER.

Witnesses:

JOHN W. FENIHORE, JAMES H. APPLETON.

